Aichi-Nagoya, Sept. 21 -- Swimmer Srihari Natraj made it to the finals of the men's 50 m backstroke event after success in their heat during the ongoing Asian Games at Aichi-Nagoya on Monday.

Srihari and Rishabh Das finished third and fourth in their heats respectively, as per ESPN. Srihari clocked timings of 25.37, which was +57 behind the heat leader, and Rishabh clocked 25.41 seconds, becoming one of the reserves for the final.

Top 10 swimmers from the heat had a shot at qualifying for the final, with Srihari finishing joint-ninth across all three heats.

Shifting focus to sepaktakraw, India started off their three regu-match series against Japan in Group B with a 2-0 win.

Team India started their regu Group B match with a point and...